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GL. W. GOMPTON,

TRIMMING POR BURIAL GASKETS. No. 285,114. l Pa @ma sept. 1.8, 188s.Y

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cHARLES WQcOMPToN, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TRIMMING. FOR BURI'AL-CSKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 285,114, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

Application filed April 19, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

VBe it known that I, CHARLEs W. COMPTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of .Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trimmings forCoflins and Burial-Gaskets, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to that class of articles of manufacture which aremade wholly or in part from plastic material; and it consists in `themanner of making trimmings or mountings for burial-cases and othersimilar articles.

Metal trimmings and mountings for coffins and burial-caskets areexpensive, 'not only on account `of the material used, but also onaccount of the labor required to give them a proper finish. The additionof cloth or braid to certain portions of handles for a change of styleis still an additional cost, and therefore undesirable forcommon use.,The public taste A requires for mourning goods, as for other articles,a change of style; and to meet a demand for a cheap and at the same timea good exceedinglyappropriate article for mounting burialcases Iconstruct the trimmings or mountings in the following manner:

In the gures of the drawings, Figure lis a partially-sectionalperspective View of a cofiin-handle, showing a skeleton for the entirearticle, with a covering made from plastic material forming the body ofthe article, the skeleton being constructed from metal with out finish.The metal skeleton is also shown in cross-section, Fig. 3, showing alsothe means for attaching the same to the burialcase- Fig. 2 is a plan ofa coffin-plate formed partly from metal and partly from' plasticmaterial, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the plate.-

Having conceived the idea that jet mountings would, with a proper nish,be exceedingly appropriate for burial-cases, my aim has been toconstruct such articles inra cheap and substantial manner, with littleexpense for maimitate jet.

terial and no expense for giving a finish to the articles afterconstruction. Y

I first make a metal skeleton, A, without finish, except as to theworking-j oints, as shown in Figs. l and 3. 'Io cover the skeleton witha body molded from rubber or other similar material which requires tobevulcanized is not only too expensive, but the articles would requirepolishing after construction to properly I therefore place the skeletonin a mold which is highly polished in those parts which correspond tothe portions of the article on which a polish is desirable, and is leftunpolished in those parts corresponding with the portions of the articleto which a dead iinish is desirable. I use Such aplastic material aswill harden and takeahigh polish by means of heavy pressure withoutvulcanizing, and apply to the mold a very great pressure. rIhe body ofthe article is thus formed and finished by a single handling. A part ofthe metal skeleton may be left exposed, when desired, as E inf Figs. 2and 4. Plastic material of other color than black may be used when jetis not to be imitated.

Vhat I clainras my invention is- 1.v Mountings orl trimmings forburial-cases or other articles, the body of which is formed from plasticmaterial" and a metal skeleton, and made in a mold under heavy pressureto give to the surface in whole or in part a polished finish.

2. The process herein described-of making trimmings and mountings forburial-cases and plastic material upon a skeleton frame or plate, andsubjecting it to pressure in a mold.

3. Mountings or trimmings for burial-cases,

other similar articles, consisting in moldinga formed from plasticmaterial upon a metal

